WVC 3 - 1 - 44
§3-1-44. Compensation of election officials; expenses.
(a) Each ballot commissioner is to be paid a sum, to be fixed
by the county commission, not exceeding one hundred twenty-five
dollars for each day he or she serves as ballot commissioner, but
in no case may a ballot commissioner receive allowance for more
than ten days' services for any one primary, general or special
election.

(b) Each commissioner of election and poll clerk is to be paid
a sum, to be fixed by the county commission, not exceeding one
hundred twenty-five dollars for one day's services for attending
the school of instruction for election officials if the
commissioner or poll clerk provides at least one day's service
during an election and a sum not exceeding one hundred seventy-five
dollars for his or her services at any one election: Provided,
That each commissioner of election and poll clerk is to be paid a
sum not exceeding one hundred seventy-five dollars for his or her
services at any of the three special elections described in
subsection (f) of this section.

(c) Each alternate commissioner of election and poll clerk may
be paid a sum, to be fixed by the county commission, not exceeding
fifty dollars for one day's services for attending the school of
instruction for election officials: Provided, That no alternate
may be eligible for compensation for election training unless the
alternate is subsequently appointed as an election official or is
instructed to attend and actually attends training as an alternate and is available to serve on election day.

(d) The commissioners of election or poll clerks obtaining and
delivering the election supplies, as provided in section
twenty-four of this article, and returning them, as provided in
articles five and six of this chapter, are to be paid an additional
sum, fixed by the county commission, not exceeding one hundred
twenty-five dollars for his or her services pursuant to this
subsection at any one election. In addition, he or she is to be
paid mileage up to the rate of reimbursement authorized by the
travel management rule of the department of administration for each
mile necessarily traveled in the performance of his or her
services.

(e) The compensation of election officers, cost of printing
ballots and all other expenses incurred in holding and making the
return of elections, other than the three special elections
described in subsection (f) of this section, are to be audited by
the county commission and paid out of the county treasury.

(f) The compensation of election officers, cost of printing
ballots and all other reasonable and necessary expenses in holding
and making the return of a special election for the purpose of
taking the sense of the voters on the question of calling a
constitutional convention, of a special election to elect members
of a constitutional convention and of a special election to ratify
or reject the proposals, acts and ordinances of a constitutional
convention are obligations of the state incurred by the ballot commissioners, clerks of the circuit courts, clerks of the county
commissions and county commissions of the various counties as
agents of the state. All expenses of these special elections are
to be audited by the secretary of state. The secretary of state
shall prepare and transmit to the county commissions forms on which
the county commissions shall certify all expenses of these special
elections to the secretary of state. If satisfied that the
expenses as certified by the county commissions are reasonable and
were necessarily incurred, the secretary of state shall requisition
the necessary warrants from the auditor of the state to be drawn on
the state treasurer and shall mail the warrants directly to the
vendors of the special election services, supplies and facilities.

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